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Stress-induced change in cerebral ATP+ubiquitin-dependent proteinase activity vary with age
A Azaryan1, G Dovanjyan, A Lajtha
1Institute of Biochemistry, Yerevan, USSR.
Abstract:
Stress-induced changes in cerebral ATP+ubiquitin-dependent proteinase activity were studied and the effect of age on it was checked. For that purpose 23,000 g supernatant prepared from whole brain of 3- and 7-month-old rats after 6h long immobilization stress were used. With azocasein as substrate, at pH 8.0 values of ATP+ubiquitin-dependent proteinase activity increased for 20% and 10% in 3- and 7-month-old animals respectively. Following 24 h long immobilization, values of cerebral ATP + ubiquitin-dependent activity in 3-month-old animals dropped by 16%. Data obtained indicate that immobilization stress affects ATP+ubiquitin-dependent proteinase activity and point to the contribution of age in the modulation of enzyme response to stress.
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